http://www.zapworld.com United States Postal Service (USPS) has awarded electric car and truck pioneer ZAP an engineering contract for the design and development of an electric version of its Long Life Vehicle (LLV).

ZAP will convert the gasoline mail truck to run on electricity as specified by the USPS at facilities in Santa Rosa, California. Following completion the converted electric vehicle will undergo field trials in the Washington, DC metro area later this year.

US Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, D-California, toured ZAPs facility, commenting on job creation by ZAP and the Postal Service: "I so appreciate ZAP for hanging in there all these years, knowing what we should be doing as a country. I think a majority of members of Congress, the House in particular, know that they were right and that this is where we need to be investing."